Also included export of 3 steers : Hirashige Tayasu, Itomoritaka, and Kitateruyasu Doi.
All three of them Hongen graded by the Zenwa (see semen page of Westholme, raised by Hawkeye in Iowa, but owned by Westholme).

One the Wagyu farms here got their 1st line embryos from Westholme, +10 years ago.
They breed their cattle in cooperation with the agricultural university (Wageningen), the university keeps a genetic track database.
100% original bloodline and good grazing grounds likely account for the full marbling, in comparison e.g. with Wagyu from Wales.

(The sirloin steak image is the $78/lb. Lower marbling grade can be bought here too, several online sources, at a corresponding lower price tag)

I'll pass, OK I surrender. The ribeye in China was at that level, as a steak I actually found it repulsively rich and unenjoyable, to each his own.

OTOH I have to admit the steak and abalone teppanyaki dinner at Seryna Shinjuku was great. The current menu says Kobe but "our big boss man" in 1988 said at the time he ordered special meat. Ah, before the bubble no limit on expense. Maybe my aging system can't take it anymore.

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Authentic Babi Pangang is prepared with quality pork belly, marinated for a day, and grilled on charcoal.
Each time I did a BBQ with that one included, with guests ranging from pretty pale to mighty colorful, I ended up with several pounds of prime beef left (in a Japanese soy marinade, with all-fresh ingredients).

On the last two ribeye eat-out occasions, one made me pugh, the second one was grand. I don't expect to enjoy boiled steak either.

If you saw iron chef Chen Kinichi make his signature dish on TV the big Heinz bottle is quite visible (his restaurant in Tokyo was not too bad though). I do eat my frites with mayo when in Belgium.

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There's lots of small batch home made stuff these days, it's hard enough to avoid industrial food.

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